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Describe an important event in the given year.
1945

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1945 was a momentous year, marked by the end of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. On May 8, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allied forces, ending the devastating war. Later that year, the United States used two atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9 respectively, resulting in the surrender of the Japanese Empire and the official end of World War II.